Category: Mission News
Online communication vital to mission work
The expectation of having Internet and telephone service extends to the mission field and when it’s not available, it’s easy to forget how people communicated without it. Martin Weber, a Bible translator with Lutheran Bible Translators-Canada (LBTC) serving in Cameroon, resorted to using his satellite…
Church provides future pastors with hands-on experience
CHINANDEGA, Nicaragua – Iglesia Luterana Sínodo de Nicaragua (ILSN) has developed an interesting method to help seminary candidates prepare for their theological studies. A year or more before they start the program, the lectores (seminary candidates) are involved in congregational and mission outreach activities. They assist their pastors…
Church workers gather to gain deeper understanding of Lutheranism
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Since forming as a church body in 2009 and installing its first bishop earlier this year, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cambodia (ELCC) continues developing its Lutheran identity. Church workers of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cambodia gathered to learn Lutheran…
Medical care and Gospel witness in Nicaragua
CHINANDEGA, Nicaragua– Since its beginning, the medical clinic of Iglesia Luterana Sínodo de Nicaragua (ILSN) has provided a special opportunity for the church to care for the peoples’ physical needs as well as for Gospel witness. I have met former patients and heard stories of people who came…
Mission society responds to world needs
An auxiliary organization of Lutheran Church–Canada (LCC) is still at work despite a significant decrease in donations. Terry Goerz, president of Concordia Lutheran Mission Society (CLMS) believes donor fatigue could be a factor in the decline of funding. Despite its financial situation, CLMS has just…
Victoria congregation provides pastor training in Mozambique
KAPASSENI, Mozambique – Eight local candidates for the Lutheran ministry finished their first training session in a remote region of Mozambique thanks to fundraising and organizing efforts of a Vancouver Island Lutheran Church–Canada congregation. The 32-module extension course came from the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil,…